Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers,
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.
PHILO T. NORTON, tin and hardware; Chandlerville; was born
in Wheeling, Va., April 29, 1826, to Thomas P. and Mary E.
(Goldenborough) Norton; he, born in Massachusetts, and
emigrated to Burton, O., in 1812 removed to Pittsburg, Pa.,
in 1822 removed to Wheeling, Va., and in 1844 emigrated to
Cass County, and settled in Beardstown, where he remained
to the time of his death, which occurred in 1852; his wife
was also a native of Wheeling, where she died, and was the
mother of seven children, Philo T. being the oldest. He was
a cabin-boy on a steamer on the Ohio, and at the age of
eighteen years came with is parents to Beardstown, Cass
County, and with his father, started a tin and hardware
store. In 1859 he came to Chandlerville, where he also
engaged in the tin business, being one of the leading
business men of the town. In 1852, in Beardstown, he
married Miss Mary E. Clark, a native of Beardstown, who is
now dead; she was the mother of four children, two of whom
are now living: Charles C. and Emma. In Beardstown Mr.
Norton acted as Marshal for two years (in 1852 and 1858),
and also Deputy Sheriff and Coroner for eight years, being
elected in 1846; he is a member of the A.F. and A.M., and a
Democrat.
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